Worried Keuchel could get Greg Hollanded--meaning he signs a late-ST high AAV one-two year deal and then immediately sucks due to having a poorly structured offseason.

Buchholz was the leading candidate for the Holland Award this year, and he's been given a $3MM one year deal that the club won't feel if he gets hit by a bus tomorrow and never throws a single bullpen session. Which is to say, the kind of all-upside deal the Cardinals should have made.

Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Carlos Martinez (shoulder) is still at least 5-7 days away from throwing and his odds of being ready for Opening Day are "shrinking."Mar 8, 2019, 9:55 AM

Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Carlos Martinez (shoulder) is still at least 5-7 days away from throwing and his odds of being ready for Opening Day are "shrinking."Mar 8, 2019, 9:55 AM

Classic Goold. Long sentence, no information.

Based on his use of "shrinking," he's not very good at double entendre, either.

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Martinez may never come back. If they’re doing prp he has structural damage in his shoulder. He may return possibly even for a year or two at the level he previously was, but the damage will return and his mechanics will suffer. In short, R.I.P. martinez’s Baseball career.

Martinez may never come back. If they’re doing prp he has structural damage in his shoulder. He may return possibly even for a year or two at the level he previously was, but the damage will return and his mechanics will suffer. In short, R.I.P. martinez’s Baseball career.

It was reported for both the first and second opinions that there is no structural damage. I know the injection would seem to indicate that, but Goold has been consistent on it.